Railroad fastener



Oct. 7, 1924. 1,510,602

' A. MCDICKEN RAILROAD FASTENER Filed March 11. 1924 I JJ7m/ L I ATTRNE.

Patented Get. 7, 1924., r V entree stares PATENT ALEXANDER MGDICKEN, OI?BJOYAL'I'ON,

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ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB, OF ONEeTHlIRD TD ALEXANDER MCKENZIE, B-OYALTON,ILLINOIS.

'BAILROAD FASTENER.

Application filed March 11, 1924.. Serial No. 698,443.

To all whom it may concern I 7 Be it known that I, ALEXAN ER MoDIcK- EN,a subject of Great Britain residing at Royalton, in the county ofFranklin and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Railroad Fasteners, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improved fastener device for securing arail to the ties of a railroad track and one object of the invention isto provide improved rail securing means for securing a rail to a tie andalso serve as means for preventing a rail from having movementlongitudinally of a tie, thereby preventing the rails from slipping ormoving towards each other.

Another object ofthe invention is toso construct the rail fastener thatit may be used as a fish plate where rails are connected.

Another object of the invention is to so construct this fastener thatelements forming the same may be secured to the rail and to the tie andthereby serve to prevent the rail from creeping as well as prevent itfrom having movement longitudinally of the tie.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the device that theelements forming the same may be formed of heavy sheet metal stamp andcertain of them bent to as sume the proper shape.

This invention is illustrated in the accom Figure 3 is a perspectiveview of one of the plates secured to the sides of the rail shown inFigures 1 and 2.- o a Figure 4 is a view in elevation showing a modifiedform of tie engaging plate. V

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a moditied form of rail engagingplate.

This improved fastener is to be used for securing rails R to the ties Tso that the rails will be securely held in connection with the ties andprevented from having movement towards or away from each otherlongitudinally of the ties or creeping across the ties longitudinally ofthe track. Each of the ties has its end portions provided with openingsl which pass through the tie at a point intermediate the upper and lowerfaces of the tie so that when the ties are put in place it is notnecessary to place a certain facev uppermost. The rails rest upon theupper faces of the ties and will extend between isiaeez the hooks 2which extend upwardly from the plates 3. Theplates 3 are secured to theside faces of the tie by bolts 4 which pass longitudinally of the tie.It will also be obvious that since the rails pass between the hoolzs 2these rails will be prevented from having any movement longitudinally ofthe tietowards or away from each other. if the rails are being put inplace at a switch certain of the rails will be very close to each otherand separate plates 3could not be readily provided for the separaterails as there would not be room enough to properly secure theplates tothe ties. Therefore, when securing rails at a point where a switch isprovided plates such as shown at 6 may be made use of. These plates '6are longer than the plates 3 and insteadof each plate 6 being providedwith a pair of upwardly extending hooks, each of these plates will beprovided'with sets of hooks 7 and 8, the hooks 7 being used inconnection with one rail and the hooks 8 in connection with a secondrail. V

After a rail has been put in place with its base fit-ting between thehooks of the plates secured to the tie it is desired to have the railfirmly held against movement'across the tie. Therefore, a plate 9 isprovided at each side of the rail. These plates 9 are bent to provideupstanding portions 10 for fitting against opposite sides of the Web ofthe'rail and base portions 11 which rest upon the base of therail andare provided with finger extensions l2 for ,fi-tti'ng beneath the hooksof the plates secured against the sides of the tie. I The upstandingportion of each plate 9 has an opening 13 provided therein so that abolt lt may pass through these openings and through an opening formed inthe web of the rail to securely hold the plates 9 in connection'with therail. It. will therefore be seen that these plates 9 will serve toprevent the rail from having longitudinal movement and further thatthese plates will. serve to firmly anchor the rail to the ties so thatthe rail may not have vertical movement independent of the ties. Therail will therefore be firmly held to the ties and pounding will. beprevented as a train moves over a track. In order to provide fish platesat points where rails are connected there may be provided a plate havingan elongat ed upstanding portion 15 having its end portions providedwith openings 16 to receive the fastener bolts 14 and its intermediateportion provided with a plurality of open ings 17 for receiving fastenerbolts which will be passed through the end portions of the connectedrails. The end portions of the upstanding portion 15 of this plate willbe provided with base forming portions 13 which correspond to the baseforming portions 11 of the plates 9 and will be provided With endfingers 19 corresponding to the fingers 12. The base forming portions 18will rest upon the upper surfaces of a pair of adjacent ties and thefingers 19 will engage with the hooks of the plates secured to the sidefaces of these ties. It will therefore be seen that in this form theusual fish plate may be omitted and the bolts which. usually passthrough the fish plates passed through the openings 17.

What is claimed is 1. The combination with a tie and a rail resting uponthe tie, of plates secured to opposits side faces of the tie and havinghook forming extensions extending upwardly upon opposite sides of thebase of the rail and projecting transversely from the base of the rail,plates upon opposite sides of the rail each having an upstanding portionengaging the web of the rail and a base portion resting upon the base ofthe rail, the base forming portion having extensions at its ends fittingbeneath the hooks of the plates secured to the tie, and fastener meanspassing through the upstanding portions of the rail engaging plates andthrough the web of the rail.

2. The combination with a tie and a rail extending across the tie andresting upon the upper surface thereof, of rail fastening meanscomprising plates fitting against opposite side faces of the tie beneaththe rail, lugs extending upwardly from the plates upon opposite sides ofthe base of the rail and having hook shaped end portions extendingtransversely from the base of the rail, fasteners passing through theplates and through the tie to retain the plates in place, rail engagingplates at opposite sides of the rail and having engagement with the weband base of the rail, lugs extending from the ends of the rail engagingplates beneath the hook shaped upper end portions of the lugs extendingupwardly from the tie engaging plates, and fastener means passingthrough the rail engaging plates and web portion of the rail.

3. A rail fastening structure comprising plates adapted to be securedupon opposite sides of a tie and having upwardly extending lugs uponopposite sides of the base of a rail, said lugs having their upper endportions provided with hook forming extensions, and rail engaging platesadapted to fit against opposite sides of a rail and having lip-standingportions for engaging the side faces of the web of a rail and baseportions for resting upon the base of the rail extending between theupwardly extending lugs of the tie engaging plate, the base engagingportions of the rail engaging plates being provided with lugs forfitting beneath the hooks of the lugs extending upwardly from the tieengaging plates.

4. A structure of the character described comprising plates adapted tobe secured upon opposite sides of a tie and having up standing hookforming members, rail engag ing means comprising plates adapted to beconnected with adjacent rails and with plates carried by rail supportingties, each of the rail engaging plates being provided with an upstandingportion for engaging the web of a rail and having fastener receivingopenings in its end and intermediate portions and rail base engagingportions extending from the end portions of the web engaging member andhaving their end portions provided with extensions for fitting beneaththe hooks of the tie engaging plates.

5. The combination with a tie and a rail extending across the tie, ofrail fastening means comprising plates secured to the tie and havingupwardly projecting fastener forming portions, and plates adapted to besecured upon opposite sides of a rail and having base portions extendingbetween the fastener forming extension of the tie engaging plates, thebase portions of the rail engaging plates being provided forinterlocking engagement with the fastener forming extensions of the tieengaging plates.

6. The combination with a tie, a rail resting upon the tie, of railfastener means comprising tie engaging members secured to the tie andhaving fastener forming members extending upwardly upon opposite sidesof the base of the rail, and rail engaging members secured upon oppositesides of the rail and having portions extending between the fastenerforming extensions of the tie en gaging members and having interlockingengagement therewith.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

ALEXANDER MODICKEN.

